C4Tp Post 4

On June 3, the author of the blog called Langwitches, Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano, makes an intriguing statement: "Blogging should not be an add-on, not an isolated project, but should be seen as PEDAGOGY!" Within her post, Blogging as Pedagogy: Facilitate Learning, Ms. Tolisano defines the term pedagogy as "the strategies, techniques, and approaches that teachers can use to facilitate learning". She states that blogging assists students with reading, writing, reflecting, and sharing. With reading, a student may benefit by collaborating and connecting with others,  engage in creativity by personalizing content, and assist in the development of digital reading. In regards to writing, a child can communicate with a different platform and comprehend how one can relate data with the use of hyperlinks. Blogging forces a student to reflect over their need to improve, and instructors will learn if/why they should re-examine their teaching skills. As a student "shares", they begin to create and cultivate a digital footprint in society.

In Telling a Story with Data, Ms. Tolisano writes a post about a middle school math teacher, Laurel Janewicz, formulating a PBL where students were required to design a story using their knowledge of data graphs, misleading graphs and communication skills. The objective was to provide students with data that they would have to analyze then create various graphs in order to communicate their research in a presentation. Ms. Tolisano makes a fabulous point and says that one should arrange a well-prepared lesson to the students plus integrate technology. A teacher cannot give a poorly constructed project and have great expectations for their students. Ms. Janewicz's plan was well thought out and benefited her students, as well as incorporated CCSS.